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Avenida Nevsky, s.f.
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The Nevsky Prospekt
def. St. Petersburg’s main drag where you will see all the influences of the western world dangling between palaces and awesome examples of the cities tsardom. The three-mile road attracts those looking for a glimpse of St. Petersburg’s culturally rich history or for those looking for the buzz and energy of the modern city. Nevsky Prospect helps define the beauty and glory that is St. Petersburg and is also the hot spot for the popular ‘white nights’, the near 24-hour of daylight phenomenon happening between the beginning of June to early July.
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Bar "Gelo", s.m.
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Ice Bar
def. It’s so cold in winter in Northern Russia that people in St. Petersburg decided not to waste money on heating their bar and made a bar made solely from ice.
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Catedral de São Isaak, s.f.
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St. Isaak's Cathedral
def. The church itself is an architectural marvel. Built by the French-born architect Auguste Montferrand to be the main church of the Russian Empire, the cathedral was under construction for 40 years (1818-1858), and was decorated in the most elaborate way possible. When you enter the cathedral you pass through one of the porticos - note that the columns are made of single pieces of red granite and weight 80 tons (about 177,770 pounds) each. Inside the church many of the icons were created using moaic techniques and the iconostasis (the icon wall that separates the altar from the rest of the church) is decorated with 8 malachite and 2 lapis lazuli columns. The cathedral, which can accommodate 14,000 worshipers, now serves as a museum and services are held only on significant ecclesiastical holidays.
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Cavaleiro de bronze, s.m.
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“The Bronze Horseman”
def. Is an equestrian statue of Peter the Great by Étienne Maurice Falconet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. […] The statue is now one of the symbols of Saint Petersburg, in much the same way that the Statue of Liberty is a symbol of New York City. The statue's pedestal is the enormous Thunder Stone, sometimes claimed to be the largest stone ever moved by man.
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Coluna do Alexandre, s.f.
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The Alexander Column
def. Also known as Alexandrian Column (Russian: Александри́йская коло́нна, Aleksandriyskaya Kolonna), is the focal point of Palace Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The monument was erected after the Russian victory in the war with Napoleon's France. Named after Emperor Alexander I, who ruled Russia between 1801 and 1825, the column is an interesting piece of architecture and engineering.
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Complexo dos mananciais do Peterhof, s.m.
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Fountain Complex at Peterhof
def. The Great Cascade consists of several fountains. The central and the most luxuriant one is "Samson, tearing apart the jaws of the lion". The whole composition of the fountain complex is devoted to the victory over Sweden. Samson symbolizes Russia defeating Sweden - the lion. The Great Cascade is decorated with gilded statues of ancient Greek and Roman gods and heroes, which all are allegories of different events of the Northern War. When the sun is shining, visitors are astonished at the site of the Great Cascade with its gilded figures glistening in the sun, springs of sparkling water and the whole glamour that is felt in everything. This you will not be able to find anywhere in the world, not even in Versailles.
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Cruzador Aurora, s.m.
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Cruiser Aurora
def. Has been turned into a museum and is docked just a few hundred yards upstream from the Cabin of Peter the Great, opposite the "St Petersburg" Hotel. The cruiser, built in St. Petersburg between 1897 and 1900, took an active part in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 and participated in the Tsusima battle, in which most of Russia's Pacific fleet was destroyed. After the war the ship was used for personnel training and during the October revolution of 1917 gave the signal (by firing a blank shot) to storm of the Winter Palace, which was being used as a residence by the democratic, but largely ineffective Provisional Government.
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Fortaleza de Pedro e Paulo, s.f.
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Peter and Paul Fortress
def. Was established in May 1703, the third year of the Great Northern War with Sweden, which would last until 1721. Having reduced Swedish positions along the Neva River from Lake Ladoga, Peter I needed a fortified point in the Neva estuary to protect Russia's position on the Gulf of Finland. Some twenty thousand men were conscripted to surround the island with earthen walls and bastions, and by November the fortress of Sankt Piter Burkh - "Saint Peter's Burg" - was essentially completed. It was named in honor of the Russian Orthodox feast day of Saints Peter and Paul (June 29).
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Hermitage, s.m.
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The Hermitage
def. One of the largest and most impressive art collections in the world. The green-and-white three-storey palace is a marvel of Baroque architecture and boasts 1,786 doors, 1,945 windows and 1,057 elegantly and lavishly decorated halls and rooms, many of which are open to the public.
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Kunstkamera, s.m.
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Kunstkamera
def. Is one of the few museums where one can still get a sense of how museums came to be: They grew out of the "Chambers of Curiosities" assembled by individuals with a passion for the Natural Sciences. Zsar Peter the Great was such a curious man (quote).
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Manancial no Neva, s.m.
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Fountain on the Neva River |
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Museu Russo, s.m.
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The Russian Museum
def. Is the first state museum of the Russian fine art in the country. It was established in 1895 in St Petersburg under the decree of the Emperor Nicholas II. Grand opened for visitors on March 19 (March 7, the Old Style) 1898.
The Russian Museum today is a unique depository of artistic treasures, a famous restoration centre, an authoritative institute of academic research, one of the major cultural and educational centres, research and methodological centre of art museums of the Russian Federation, overseeing activities of 260 art museums of Russia.
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Museu zoológico, s.m.
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The Zoological Museum
def. One of the largest museums of its kind in the world and the largest in Russia and in Europe. The dissemination of biological knowledge and the popularization of the biological sciences are regarded as the main objectives of the Museum's work. The Zoological Museum is extremely popular in St. Petersburg and is well-known throughout the country and abroad. Approximately 700,000 to 900,000 people visit the Museum each year. More than 4,000 tours of the Museum on approximately 20 different subjects are organized annually. The tours are intended for a wide segment of the public, from children to students and adults at different levels of knowledge.
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Noites brancas, Pl.
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White nights
def. From late May to early July the nights are bright in St Petersburg, with the brightest period, the White Nights, normally lasting from June 11th to July 2nd. The White Nights (Beliye Nochi) are a curious phenomenon caused by St. Petersburg's very northerly geographical location - at 59 degrees 57' North (roughly on the same latitude as Oslo, Norway, the southern tip of Greenland and Seward, Alaska). St. Petersburg is the world's most northern city with a population over 1 million, and its stands at such a high latitude that the sun does not descend below the horizon enough for the sky to grow dark. In fact night becomes curiously indistinguishable from day, so much so that the authorities never need to turn the city's streetlights on!
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Palácio de Inverno, s.m.
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Winter Palace
def. Once home to Russia’s royalty, is a truly marvellous site also known as the ‘Palace of the Czars’. With gold dripping from its every corner and column it is easy to see that czardom in St. Petersburg treated those at the top very well! The Winter Palace is one of the five buildings that make up the Hermitage Museum where you will see one of Europe’s greatest art collections. The Winter Palace, which contains more than 1,000 rooms and halls, lies on the Neva River where Russia’s finest called home.
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Petrodvorets (Peterhof), s.m.
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Petrodvorets (Peterhof)
def. City, NW European Russia, on Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland. Administratively part of St. Petersburg, Petrodvorets is a port, a rail terminus, and a resort center. The city grew up around the palaces and gardens built for Peter I, who founded it in 1711. […]
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Ponte levadiça, s.f., Pontes levadiças
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Drawbridge, Drawbridges
def. A bridge of which the whole or a section may be drawn up, let down, or drawn aside, to prevent access or to leave a passage open for boats, barges, etc.
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Ponte móvel, s.f.
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Ponte levadiça
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Praça de Artes, s.f.
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Arts Square
def. Is a testimony to the effectiveness of the originally planning that went into the city. The square’s plan was drawn up by the Italian architect Carlo Rossi, who spent most of his life working in Russia and is considered by many to be a native Russian architect (both his contemporaries and present-day art historians have tended to call him by his Russified name Karl Ivanovich Rossi). He was responsible for all the most prominent buildings built on the square, including the Mikhailovsky Palace, which today houses the Russian Museum. According to the "Classical" style of the day, all the buildings lining the square are similar in design and form a harmonious architectural ensemble.
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São Petersburgo, s.m.
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Saint Petersburg
def. The most Northern city in the world with a population over 1 million
Still considered Russia's cultural capital, St. Petersburg reflects the country's extraordinary fate like no other city, and its uniquely rich atmosphere exerts a powerful grip on even the most jaded traveler.
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Teatro Mariinsky, s.m.
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The Mariinsky Theater
def. Represents a unique cultural force on the world stage among performing arts organizations. Its touring schedule and residencies abroad total more than 200 performances each year and span the globe, from North America, to Europe, Asia and beyond. The Mariinsky’s artistic impact and its ambassadorial role on behalf of Russian culture have been recognized by governments and international organizations alike.
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